Two Candidates Apply for a Job

Multiple Choice

Two candidates apply for a job. One is a middle-aged woman with years of experience in the field and excellent letters of recommendation, while the other candidate is a younger man, who has never worked in this particular field. If the man is hired either because he is younger or because he is male, then the person hiring has engaged in

A) a just-world belief.
B) group prejudice.
C) explicit prejudice.
D) discrimination.